SAP Partnernews 46/2009

cormeta: community for the meat industry

Ettlingen, Germany-headquartered cormeta, provider of SAP Business All-in-One solutions for the food industry and more, has launched an online community for the meat market on its Web site. At www.cormeta.de/community.faq, meat market employees – including sales and support staff – can swap ideas, ask questions, and state their opinions around the clock. Whether the topic is cash desk processing, picking, goods withdrawal, or meat cutting, users simply click a question to display the answer. The community is divided into different topic areas. There’s an index to help with specialist terminology, as well as a full text search to make it easier for users to find what they are looking for. Furthermore, cormeta continuously updates the database on the knowledge platform.

Online-Community for meat industry from cormeta. (photo: cormeta)

topsystem: voice-operated SAP software

topsystem’s Pick by Voice suite topSPEECH-Lydia makes it possible to operate SAP software by voice. The topSpeech-Lydia Connector 6.0 interface is now certified by SAP, which means Lydia can be officially integrated into SAP NetWeaver Application Server using ABAP und the Internet Transaction Server (ITS). As a result, the solution for logistics and warehouse management now seamlessly dovetails with any SAP ERP application.

arcplan and Braincourt: planning scenarios with BI software

arcplan, independent provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, has entered into a partnership with Braincourt, which has developed a new user interface based on arcplan Enterprise for the BI component Integrated Planning (IP) from SAP.

The interface is suitable for all companies that deploy SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse. IP is a planning tool for different planning scenarios, which employees work with to create flexible planning models and graphics. arcplan uses data from SAP software, such as logistics information, metadata, and authorizations.

CIBER Germany: SAP at mail order company OTTO Office

The mail order company for office supplies OTTO Office, based in Hamburg, Germany, is set to manage its retailing and accounting activities with an SAP ERP application. The main areas affected will be materials management, sales and distribution, financials, and controlling. The new software will be implemented step-by-step in accounting and procurement, sales, marketing, and logistics. The estimated project duration is three years, and the partner is Heidelberg-headquartered CIBER Germany.

Cubeware: Cubeware Cockpit V6pro FREE LIMITED available at no charge

Users of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse can now download Cubeware Cockpit V6pro FREE LIMITED at no charge from http://www.cuberware-free-limited.com. The tool is a business intelligence (BI) front end for analysis, planning, reporting, and dashboarding. It helps users create tables with different formatting, filters, and graphics. Cubeware Cockpit V6pro works with Microsoft Analysis Services, Infor PM OLAP, IBM Cognos TM1, and Jedox Palo. It can be deployed immediately – you just download it, install it, activate it, and connect to the cubes.

Cubeware Cockpit V6pro FREE LIMITED is a special version, which is valid until December 31, 2010. As well as comprising Cubeware Team Server V6pro for collaborative use, the full version offers additional report iteration during exports, automatic distribution of reports, one-to-one interoperability, and the use of all the Cubeware functions on the Web. Users can switch to the full version at any time.